HOWTO: Recovering from a Lost Anomaly Tracking System Password

 Last reviewed: April 10, 1997
Article ID: Q166507
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Anomaly Tracking System, version 1.0

SUMMARY

In the event of a lost password in an Anomaly Tracking System (ATS) database, it is possible to reset the password.

MORE INFORMATION

There are two possible methods to recover from this scenario.

  • If there is another user in the database that has administrator rights, that user can login and restore the other user's password. This can be accomplished through the User Maintenance dialog box.

    -or-

  • The ATS database files can be viewed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 to determine what the user's password is. The following steps outline this process:

    a. Open the ATS database (Ft.dbc) in Visual FoxPro 5.0.

    b. USE the Ftuser.dbf table.

    c. BROWSE the Ftuser.dbf table.

    d. Locate the user's record in this table.

    e. Look at the contents of the Us_pwd field to determine what the 

          user's correct password is.

Keywords : FxtoolGeneral kbtool msats
Version : 1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: April 10, 1997
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